La. Stat. tit. 9 § 157

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 9:157 - Dormancy charge

A holder may deduct from property presumed abandoned a charge imposed by reason of the owner's failure to claim the property within a specified time only if there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner pursuant to which the holder may impose the charge and the holder regularly imposes the charge, which is not regularly reversed or otherwise canceled. The amount of the deduction is limited to an amount that is not unconscionable.

La. R.S. § 9:157

Acts 1986, No. 829, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 1988, No. 1006, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 809, §1, eff. July 10, 1997.

Acts 1986, No. 829, §1, eff. 7/10/1986; Acts 1988, No. 1006, §1, eff. 8/1/1988; Acts 1997, No. 809, §1, eff. 7/10/1997.